Implementation of environmental management in the Hong Kong construction industry

Towards adoption of prefabrication in construction

“…Majority of the respondents are agreed that prefabrication can be applied for the future projects; however, the levels in adopting prefabricated building components should be dependent on the natures of the projects. For better promotion on environmental management and waste minimization, training and education should be provided to the construction organization [5].…”

“…The provision for training and education among staff and involving employees' participation as more effective approaches in implementing waste management [4][5]. However, employees' participation could only be effective with genuine support from management [4].…”

“…However, employees' participation could only be effective with genuine support from management [4]. In fact, a previous survey reported that waste management has been receiving less attention from 2 business senior management in comparing with construction cost and time [5]. The cost for implementing waste management is often given more concern than the possible benefits that the organization can gain from the implementation.…”

A methodology for predicting the severity of environmental impacts related to the construction process of residential buildings

“…Shen and Tam classified construction-related environmental impacts as the extraction of environmental resources such as fossil fuels and minerals; the extension of consumption of generic resources; the production of waste that requires the consumption of land for disposal; and the pollution of the living environment with noise, odours, dust, vibrations, chemical and particulate emissions, and solid and sanitary waste [15]. According to Gangolells et al, typical negative impacts of construction activities include atmospheric emissions, water emissions, soil alteration, waste generation, resource consumption and others (potential impacts on the community and on the local traffic and potentially hazardous scenarios) [16].…”

Risk and return characteristics of environmentally and socially responsible firms in Spain during a financial downturn: 2008–2011

“…Thus an EMS facilitates the company's environmental performance. It also may require high infrastructure investments in, for example, the production plan, organizational structure, and personnel training (Shen & Tam, 2002). A firm that implements an EMS likely exhibits high environmental engagement (Cora, 2007;Hillary, 2004) and effective management of aspects such as the use of natural (and limited) resources, water consumption, spillage of residual water, emission of contaminants into the natural environment, and so on.…”